SOJKA v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC.

No. 11-2747.

686 F.3d 394 (2012)

Christopher SOJKA, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 10, 2012.

Rehearing Denied August 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Rathsack (argued), Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark Englund Christensen , Katherine Amelotte Jones (argued), Attorneys, Christensen & Ehret, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Sojka, Jr. sustained severe eye injuries while working as a carpenter on the Trump Tower construction project. He sued Trump Tower's construction manager, Bovis Lend Lease, asserting that it had been negligent. Bovis moved for summary judgment on the ground that it did not owe Sojka any duty of care to provide a safe workplace, and (jumping from the general to the particular) that even if it did, it had not breached such a duty because...

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